HOW TO WRITE STORIES? All of us have read stories. Stories can be classified into two major groups: true stories and fictions, an imaginary narration. Nowadays journalists call the news report also a story. But this text is about the latter (imaginary fiction). Why to write and how to write stories? Writing stories broadens one’s creativity. At times, when one is trying a science fiction, one has to get familiar with the relevant subject, at least, on matters concerning its theme. If one is attempting a village story, first, say a few words about what a village would look like. An epithet is a curtain raiser. Narrate a scene, like a small temple with a pond in the front where people wash clothes and bath cattle, the narrow lanes athwart the temple, people walking up and down, green fields dotted with trees just away from the temple and a public well where the water can be drawn and all these. This way, one can transport the readers to a village and make him or her visualize the rest. Similarly, adopt this practice wherever possible. Or start the story with a one liner conversation to arrest the attention of the readers. Never write a story in the present tense. Stories... read more